I love the thickness of the top. I personally loved it like this. I simply would have sealed it and called it good if it were for me but so many customers have been asking for more metallic finishes so I decided to bling it up a little.

I chose Cognac and Gunmetal for the stencil, and dabbed a little bit of Champagne for highlights. Metallix is a metallic paint, but it’s a bit sheer so I use it and think of it more as a metallic glaze. It can be used in all sorts of ways.

For the stencil, I squirted a dab of each color onto a plate then stenciled all of them simultaneously using one of our yellow sponges. It only took about 5 minutes to do the entire front using our yellow sponges. I’ve used this stencil before using your typical stencil brushes but I’ve found it much quicker to use a sponge. Typically, I would seal my piece before stenciling so if I mess it up, I can wipe it off and start over again but this time, I was in a hurry and I simply went for it.

Viola!

I used Metallix on the top as well but for this, I simply squirted lines of each color across the top then spread it on with a brush.

I sanded over the Metallix with a fine grit sand paper when it was completely dried. The light sanding added just the movement I wanted so the wax would have something to grab onto.